Police have cordoned off a newsagents after it was robbed at knife point.
The cordon remains in place around Martins, in Clay Hill Road, Basildon.
The Echo believes a woman, in her 50s, was working inside the shop at the time of the incident.
She has been left shaken but unhurt.
It is unclear how much money was taken during the robbery.
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